Wodzowie Zenona (474–491) i Anastazjusza I (491–518)
Commanders of Zeno (474-491) and Anastasius (491-518)

Author(s): Mirosław J. Leszka, Szymon Wierzbiński
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Eastern Roman Empire; army; commanders; emperor Zeno; emperor Anastasius; Persians; Ostrogoths; Isaurians
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this book is to present the reader, not only a professional historian, with the profiles of a dozen or so Byzantine commanders who were active during the years 474-518 and who, for a variety of reasons, drew our attention. Although the book does not provide the portraits of all the commanders of Emperors Zeno and Anastasius, it covers almost all of those about whom the surviving sources allowed us to say something substantial. Our goal was to give an account not only of their military careers, but also, where possible, of the other aspects of their lives. The book is in three parts. The first presents the Byzantine army whose troops remained under the command of the heroes of this book. The second part outlines Byzantium’s opponents, those against whom the commanders in question happened to wage wars – the Persians, the Goths, and the Isaurians. It also briefly recounts the course of these wars during the reigns of Zeno and Anastasius. The third part is devoted to the commanders themselves (Areobindus, Armatus, Celer, Faresmanes, Hypatius, Illus the Isaurian, John the Hunchback (Kyrtos), John the Scytian, Leontius, Longinus, Marcian, Patricius, Sabinianus the Great, Trocundes, Vitalian). Texts published in this volume are organized, as far as the sources permitted, according to the following scheme: descent, education, career (civil and military), picture in the sources, family, and military accomplishments.

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